Newnes Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book, Third Edition

| Name | Symbol | Examples of use | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | Lower case | ||
| alpha | ? | ? | Angles, angular acceleration, various coefficients |
| beta | ? | ? | Angles, coefficients |
| gamma | ? | ? | Shear strain, surface tension, kinematic viscosity |
| delta | ? | ? | Differences, damping coefficient |
| epsilon | ? | ? | Linear strain |
| zeta | ? | ? | |
| eta | ? | ? | Dynamic viscosity, efficiency |
| theta | ? | ? | Angles, temperature, volume strain |
| iota | ? | ? | |
| kappa | ? | ? | Compressibility |
| lambda | ? | ? | Wavelength, thermal conductivity |
| mu | ? | ? | Poisson's ratio, coefficient of friction |
| nu | ? | ? | Dynamic viscosity |
| xi | ? | ? | |
| omicron | ? | ? | |
| pi | ? | ? | Mathematical constant |
| rho | ? | ? | Density |
| sigma | ? | ? | Normal stress, standard deviation, sum of |
| tau | ? | ? | Shear stress |
| upsilon | ? | ? | |
| phi | ? | ? | Angles, heat flow rate, potential energy |
| chi | ? | ? | |
| psi | ? | ? | Helix angle (gears) |
| omega | ? | ? | Angular velocity, solid angle ( ?) electrical resistance ( ?) |
| Is equal to | = |
| Is identically equal to | ? |
| Approaches | ? |
| Is smaller than | < |
| Is smaller than or equal to | ? |
| Magnitude of a | a |
| Square root of a | ?a |
| Mean value of a | a |
| Sum | ? |
| Complex operator | i, j |
| Imaginary part of z | Im z |
| Argument of z | arg z |
| Is not equal to | ? |
| Is approximately equal to | ? |
| Is proportional to | ? |
| Is larger than | > |
| Is larger than or equal to | ? |
| a raised to power n | a n |
| nth root... |